三、短文填空
阅读短文，从方框中选出恰当的单词并用其适当形式填空，使短文通顺、意义完整。每空仅填一词，每词仅用一次。
sing draw friend swim chess join sport year they speak
My name is Linda Miller. I am 13 1.
years
old now. I like to play 2.
sports
. I like volleyball and ping-pong. I often play them with my 3.
friend / friends
after school. I want to 4.
join
the sports club. I have a brother and a sister. 5.
Their
names are Jim and Mary. Jim likes to swim and he wants to join the 6.
swimming
club. My sister Mary likes to 7.
sing
and dance. She wants to join the music club. My classmate Bob likes to play 8.
chess
. He is in the chess club now. He can also 9.
speak
Chinese. He wants to join the Chinese club. Jane is another classmate of mine. She can 10.
draw
well and she wants to join the art club. What can you do? What club do you want to join?
解析：
【分析】
首先通读全文，明确短文围绕人物想加入的俱乐部展开。解题时，先梳理方框内单词的词义与词性，再结合每个空格的语法规则（如数词后名词复数、形容词性物主代词修饰名词、并列动词形式等）和上下文语境（如运动类型、俱乐部名称），选择恰当单词并调整适当形式，确保每词仅用一次。
【解析】
1. 数词13后需接可数名词复数，故填years；
2. 由后文提到的volleyball和ping-pong可知，此处指“运动”，填sports；
3. 放学后和朋友玩耍，friend可填单数或复数，故填friend/friends；
4. “加入俱乐部”用join，want to后接动词原形，填join；
5. 修饰名词names需用形容词性物主代词，填Their；
6. 表示“游泳俱乐部”，swim需变动名词作定语，填swimming；
7. 与dance并列，like to后接动词原形，填sing；
8. 由后文chess club可知，此处填chess；
9. “说汉语”用speak，can后接动词原形，填speak；
10. 由art club可知，此处填draw。
【答案】
1. years 2. sports 3. friend / friends 4. join 5. Their 6. swimming 7. sing 8. chess 9. speak 10. draw
【知识点】
词汇运用、短文填空、词性转换
【点评】
本题为基础短文填空题，围绕俱乐部主题展开，考察学生对词汇词义、词性及语境运用的掌握，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.8
